The purpose of this survey is to gather information on challenges you face in finding skilled workers for entry level positions. We are trying to better understand the gap between your and prospective employee’s skills. The survey results will be made available to all participants. Following this survey, the participants will have an opportunity to comment, revise, and elaborate on findings that will lead to action.

INSTRUCTIONS: Please fill out the survey and click on the submit button .

A. EMPLOYER INFORMATION

Organization’s Name:

Organization’s Economic Sector/Industry:

Organization’s Address:

Number of Employees:

Respondent’s Name and Title:

B. GENERAL ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION

In this section please consider structure of your company.

Is finding qualified employees an issue for your organization?		Select one Yes No
	If yes, which specific qualifications are most often lacking? Please check all that applies.	Technical skills Soft skills Basic skills Other
Is job retention an issue for your organization?		Select one Yes No
	If yes, which one of the following are given as a reason for leaving? Please check all that applies.	Low salary/wages Unsatisfactory health care benefits Unsatisfactory retirement benefits Work conditions Living conditions Personal/non-work related Other (please specify) ______________________________________
What factors contribute to the employee turnover? Please check all that applies.		Resignation Retirement Low job performance Financial constraints Organizational restructuring Other (please specify)
Please check all the employee benefits offered by your organization
Health care benefits			Short-term disability
Long-term disability			Retirement plan
On job training support			Vacation time
Competitive salary/wages			Spousal employment
Continuing education support			Other

C. DETAILED ORGANIZATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE

Please fill out the matrix below by considering the entry-level positions that are available in your organization

Entry-Level Position	Difficulty level for filing the position.	Type of position	SKILLS	Essential?	Willing to help them acquire?
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D. PROMOTIONAL STRUCTURE OF POSITIONS

Please provide the promotional structure for each one of the entry-level positions. Write the position titles in the boxes.

	ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION	SECOND-LEVEL POSITION	THIRD-LEVEL POSITION
P O S I T I O N 1
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E. COMMUNICATION OF AVAILABLE POSITIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

How do you advertise the positions available in your organization? Please check all that apply.	Newspaper Employment offices Radio/TV Job Bank Internet Pre-college schools career services College career services Other
What is the scope of your advertising?	National State-wide Regional Local
How do you communicate your company’s existing and future employee needs to the community? Please check all that apply.	Pre-college schools counselors Pre-college schools career services College career services Newspaper Radio/TV Current Employees Internet Other
What is the scope of communicating needs?	National State-wide Regional Local

F. INSIGHTS

Please provide any insights you have gained in determining the reason for this gap between the employers in the region who have entry-level positions and those individuals seeking employment:

Please type insights

G. GENERAL COMMENTS

General comments on the issues not addressed in above questions:

Please type your comments